The Brains in <i>Brain</i>: The Coevolution of Localization and its Images

@article{citeulike:3013812, abstract = {Images of brain localization from Brain's inception to the present are analyzed. Textual representations and their accompanying images are shown to coevolve; that is, the technological and conceptual development of the research program of localization is shown to evolve simultaneously with the exploitation of visual resources that support these developments. The semiotics of Peirce, the social semiotics of Kress and van Leeuwen, and the insights of Gestalt psychology provide a critical vocabulary with which to describe and to analyze these visual resources. I conclude that brain images evolve in a manner that reflects the uniformity in measuring instruments and the increase in their precision in the localization of brain functions; at the same time, they draw attention away from a persistent constraint: the brain functions so precisely localized are just those that are not constitutive of our humanity.}, author = {Gross, Alan G. }, citeulike-article-id = {3013812}, doi = {10.1080/09647040701423705}, journal = {Journal of the History of the Neurosciences}, keywords = {brain, history, icon, image, index, localization, neuroscience, peirce, representation, research, semiotics, text, visual}, number = {3}, pages = {380--392}, posted-at = {2008-07-17 08:56:11}, priority = {4}, publisher = {Taylor \& Francis}, title = {The Brains in <i>Brain</i>: The Coevolution of Localization and its Images}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09647040701423705}, volume = {17}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3013812 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3013812 TI - The Brains in <i>Brain</i>: The Coevolution of Localization and its Images JF - Journal of the History of the Neurosciences VL - 17 IS - 3 SP - 380 EP - 392 PB - Taylor & Francis N2 - Images of brain localization from Brain's inception to the present are analyzed. Textual representations and their accompanying images are shown to coevolve; that is, the technological and conceptual development of the research program of localization is shown to evolve simultaneously with the exploitation of visual resources that support these developments. The semiotics of Peirce, the social semiotics of Kress and van Leeuwen, and the insights of Gestalt psychology provide a critical vocabulary with which to describe and to analyze these visual resources. I conclude that brain images evolve in a manner that reflects the uniformity in measuring instruments and the increase in their precision in the localization of brain functions; at the same time, they draw attention away from a persistent constraint: the brain functions so precisely localized are just those that are not constitutive of our humanity. KW - brain KW - history KW - icon KW - image KW - index KW - localization KW - neuroscience KW - peirce KW - representation KW - research KW - semiotics KW - text KW - visual AU - Gross, Alan PY - 2008/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09647040701423705 ER -